Joe Beckmann (joeb@oekos.org)
Tue, 15 Dec 1998 00:24:31 -0500
From: "Joe Beckmann" <joeb@oekos.org> Subject: RE: [ifets] Careful use of the net Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 00:24:31 -0500
It's not happening until it happens. Again, are there any places "hosting"
or "franchising" courses from other places, for credit, for tuition, with
what kinds of staffing and supervision? I really don't think it is
happening, and I really don't think it will happen easily, frequently, or
readily. There are too many faculty perquisites to compromise. On the other
hand, there is good reason to think it won't be (a) cheaper, or (b) better
or worse than what now is. Such arrangements make up in overhead any savings
in direct expenses of great teachers, and surely are no worse than first
year graduate "tutors" or teaching assistants who operate with virtually no
supervision in large introductory courses today. They might even be lots
better, with "facilitators" to enhance lecture and software based
instruction via the net and video. And they might even pay those
"facilitators" better than the serfs of large departments.
Who knows? Anybody out there?
Joe
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> From: owner-ifets@omega.gmd.de [mailto:owner-ifets@omega.gmd.de]On
> Behalf Of tom abeles
> Sent: Monday, December 14, 1998 4:09 PM
> To: ifets@gmd.de
> Subject: Re: [ifets] Careful use of the net
>
>
> Joe Beckmann wrote, in a very small part
> :
> .... How many different "introduction to early
> > childhood education" courses need there be to supplement
> everybody else? The
> > obvious answer is several, but just as obvious it is not necessary that
> > there be thousands, particularly since they can all be online at once...
>
> ------------------------------------------
>
> and that is the billion doallar question which is striking at the heart
> of every university adminstrator and particularly every faculty member
> who understands that soom a student will have a choice of taking
> archaeology 101 from:
>
> a well presented media course using the great arc;haeologists from
> around the world
>
> b) Indian Jones and Leonard Nemoy (Mr Spock doing a presentation from
> Lucas Light and Magic and the Discovery Channel
>
> c) Professor "X" from univesity "Y" with his or her self developed web
> pages
>
> And the student will have the opportunity to have this experience
> certified by:
>
> a) a major medallion University
>
> b) A very credible institution which keeps and evaluates student
> portfolios or
>
> c) University "Y" where professor "x" is employed
>
> And to make it more interesting, the future is not down the line, but is
> here today, only not in its complete and well defined form.
>
> Of course, the other issue here is whether a student wants to pay "k"
> for the course or a semester program or 2-3 times "k" for taking the
> experience on a unviersity campus- can an academic instituion sell this
> on campus experience against a virtual program? A major university
> thinks it can charge twice as much for a grduate business degree in
> virtual space over coming to its campus- so there is some understanding
> that this is a market game- on the other hand, undergraduate programs
> might be a different story- after all, fraternity parties and social
> interaction don't compute<grin>
>
> cheers
> tom
> abeles
>
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